Autism and Aggression in an Adolescent
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https://doi.org/10.29105/dj4.7-146Keywords:
Autism spectrum disorder, Case Study, Emotional regulation, Disability , JusticeAbstract
Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder with an increasing number of people diagnosed in childhood, as well as later in life. Despite its incremental growing in understanding, it is required to be considered in various spaces such as the legal one due to the implications of the symptoms themselves in the daily life of those who experience them. The present work explores the implications of ASD in a case study of an adolescent diagnosed with autism who attacks his mother. The data analyzed includes the diagnostic evaluation of the minor and interviews with both parties involved. As a result, a relationship is made between the events, the symptomatology and compromised executive functions. The need for an adequate evaluation of those people who, beyond a normal IQ, present ASD is concluded, given the complications at the level of communication and emotional regulation.
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